SECTION V.. Harsh Epithets Applied to Southern Slaveholders by Abolitionists,

Harsh epithets applied to Southern slaveholders by abolitionists,

The Sacred Record. God alone was competent to decide what was best for masters and servants, individuals and nations. Every departure from the Sacred Oracles is practical infidelity,

The Bible alone is a safe and sure guide. Nothing can mitigate the evils of slavery, but a rigid observance of its precepts on the part of masters and servants,

The African derives no benefit from emancipation if he remain among us. Mrs. Stowe would have us substitute greater evils for lesser--"out of the frying pan into the fire." She has told a wondrous story,

Uncle Tom's Cabin. Free negroes' tales. Negro novels, village gossip, busy-bodies, idlers, loafers and liars,

Slavery is not an evil under all circumstances. It would have proved a blessing to the slaves, if masters and servants had complied with the requisitions of the Bible. None so much to blame as abolitionists. The condition of an individual may be such, that he is fit for nothing but a slave,

The evil consists in the incompetence of the individual, and not in that condition or station in life, to which his incompetency subjects him. Hence, the evils of slavery have their origin in its abuses,

The African in his native state. Negroes transported to the United States. Slavery in Africa. Captives taken in war. Cruelty of negro overseers. Ignorant men hard masters. African masters,

One portion of the African race are slaves to another--the larger portion slaves. American and African slavery,

The slaves of the South have superior religions advantages. Southern clergy,